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´Burning with magic and loss, exile and return, beauty and heartache, Taduno´s Song is a colossal epic, disguised as a small novel´ - MARLON JAMES, Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings

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The day a stained brown envelope arrives from Taduno´s homeland, he knows that the time has come to return from exile. Back in Nigeria, Taduno discovers that his community no longer recognises him, his girlfriend Lela has disappeared, taken away by government agents, and all traces of his old life have been erased. All that is left of him are his own memories. As Taduno begins to unravel the mystery of his lost life he must also face a difficult decision: betray his love, or betray his nation.

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The power of music to stir memory and move the hardest heart permeates Taduno´s Song . . . I urge people to read this unforgettable new voice, writing in polished prose about how it feels to be silenced ANITA SETHI Observer

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Odafe Atogun was born in Nigeria, in the town of Lokoja, where the Rivers Niger and Benue meet, but hails from Edo State. Now a full-time writer, he is married and lives in Abuja.

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